quotes that link to greed

• What happens in Act 1 Scene 1?

  Witches plot to meet Macbeth.
• 'When the battles lost and won'-Second witch, Act 1 Scene 1


  You can gain something, but you must consider the cost: foreshadowing Ducan and Macbeth.
• What happens in Act 1 Scene 2?

  king Duncan and his son Malcom learn about Macbeth and Banquo's bravery and victory in the war against the rebels and the Norwegians. (A wounded Captain and the Thane of Ross report the details.)
• What happens in Act 1 Scene 5?

  Lady Macbeth reads Macbeths letter about his meeting with the witches, however she fears Macbeth isn't ruthless enough to kill Duncan.
• What happens in Act 1 Scene 7?

  Macbeth contemplates whether or not to kill King Duncan. Lady Macbeth tries to manipulate Macbeth into killing Duncan.
• 'I have no spur to prick the sies of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself'-Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 7


  His greedy ambition will lead to bad things.
• What happens in Act 2 Scene 1?

  Macbeth hallucinates a dagger. Macbeth tells Banquo to side with him but Banquo says he'll only act honourably.
• 'Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle towards my hand? Come, let me clutch thee'-Macbeth, Act 2 Scene 1


  Macbeths greed for power is corrupting his mind and making him hallucinate.
• What happens in Act 2 Scene 2?

  Macbeth kills Duncan and returns with the daggers he used. Lady Macbeth puts the daggers with Duncan.
• What happens in Act 3 Scene 4?

  Macbeth sees the ghost of Banquo at a banquet. Fleance escaped which concerns Macbeth and makes him wonder if his plan to secure the throne has failed.
• What happens in Act 4 Scene 1?

  Macbeth visits the witches and receives prophecies that makes him feel invincible yet still disturbed by Banquo's ghost. Macbeth kills Macduff's family. The scene ends with Ross telling Macduff, making Macduff want revenge.
• 'His wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls that trace him in his line'-Macbeth, Act 4 Scene 1


  His need for power has led to innocent people dying and Macbeth starting to lose his humanity.
• What happens in Act 4 Scene 3?

  Macduff fled to England to join Malcom (Duncans son.). Malcom wants to fight Macbeth. Ross tells Macduff his wife and kids are dead which makes Macduff vow to seek revenge.
• What happens in Act 5 Scene 1?

  Lady Macbeth is tormented by guilt. She tries to wash imagined blood-stained hands. She Reveals secrets of Duncan's murder not knowing the doctor and gentlewoman were watching. The doctor is disturbed. This scene foreshadows Lady Macbeths downfall.
• 'Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him'-Lady Mabeth, Act 5 Scene 1


  Her greed for power, which led her to manipulate Macbeth into committing regicide, has now consumed her.
• What happens in Act 5 Scene 6?

  Macbeth's castle is attacked by Malcolm's forces.
• 'she should have died hereafter'-Macbeth, Act 5 Scene 6


  It was Lady Macbeths greed for power that influenced Macbeth, so he believes she should be held responsible as well.
• What happened in Act 5 Scene 8?

  Macbeth and Macduff battle. Macbeth is confident until he realises Macduff was born via c-section. Macbeth is shocked and he gets killed. Malcom becomes king.
• 'My soul is too much charged with blood of thine already'-Macbeth, Act 5 Scene 8


  Macbeth’s desire to secure his position as king leads him to murder Duncan and many others. His greed has led him to take innocent people's lives all while losing his own.